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The Power to Choose What Students Learn, How They Learn and Whom They Learn From is Shifting from Educators to Learners

Learning in the 21st Century

Students learn better when they are engaged with their learning. Student engagement refers to the degree of attention, curiosity and interest students show in their learning, driven by a sense of value in deepening their understanding. The 21st century model for teaching-learning is certainly very different from the century before.…Continue reading “Learning in the 21st Century”

Empowering students with their own learning

Students need to curate their own learning experiences

Learning is a skill and each of us engages with it differently. Students should be empowered to explore how they wish to engage with a lesson or topic or concept.

Learning is a skill…

Students today learn differently from their parents. Digital technologies have fundamentally changed the way Gen Z interacts with the world.

Schools need to explore ways technologies can help students be more focussed.

In a world where robotics innovation and AI will most certainly compete for jobs with humans, our approach to education has not adapted to help Gen Z and Gen Alfa be competitive.

Are we equipping our students to co-exist with AI?

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Failing our kids by betraying their trust

Consider this, you have planned to vacation of a lifetime at a popular dream destination, but end up in the boon-docks. Or, you invested in a dream property but find…

Patti MacDonald on Reggio approach

Payal Mahajan: Good morning Patti. Thank you for making the time to speak with us about Bishop Strachan and the work that you are trying to do here. To begin…

National Curriculum: Does one size fit all?

School Choice Campaign has organised a discussion on HRD Ministers proposal for a national common curriculum. Art of Learning's Payal Mahajan is privileged to be one of the key presenters…

A state of atrophied human resources

Greg Mortenson is probably to be blamed for my misplaced and unrealistic zeal! I had been following the work of Greg for a long time for inspiration and ideas as…

Educational Videos

Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution!

In this poignant, funny follow-up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning -- creating conditions where…

“Holistic education”- Walk the Talk

Growing up to a certain age is always fun; it’s growing up after that, which is usually a pain. My schooling was in an era when ‘holistic education’ was something…

What’s in a name-a school’s name?

Life is full of strange coincidences. We were in Reggio Emilia, Italy for most part of last week, meeting and discussing with their core team, visiting their resource centres and…

Adult Education

Jan Sjunnesson on Adult Education

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10190228&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 Transcript Sandeep: Good Morning Jan. We will start with the objectives of Adult Education and its relevance for society? Jan: Adult Education in Scandinavia, which I know most about…

Listening is Respect

Listening is respect. I have often wondered why we have classes and awards for speaking skills but none for listening skills. Speaking and listening are two sides of the same…

International Schools

Lalage Prabhu on International Schools in India

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9937975&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 Transcript Payal: Very often one reads and hears about the sudden spurt in the growth of international schools in India, do you feel that there has been a sudden…